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U LYSSES S. GRANT. — Feb. /j, 1862 — Oct. 2J., i86j. Born at Point Pleasant, 
O., Apr. 27, 1822; graduated at West Point, 1843; served in Mexico, twice 
brevetted; resigned captaincy, 1854; farmer and leather-dealer, Illinois ; assisted in 
organizing troops, Apr., 1801 ; colonel 21st 111 . vols., June; brigadier-general, U. S. V., 
Aug. yih; in command dist. of Cairo, Sept, ist; seized positions at mouths of Ten- 
nessee and Cumberland rivers; destroyed Confederate camp at Belmont, Nov. 7th; 
commanded land forces against Forts Henry and Donaldson, capturing Donaldson, 
after severe lighting, Feb. 16, 1862 ; major-general U. S. V. and in command dist. of 
West Tennessee from Feb. 15th; fought battle of Shiloh Apr. bth-yth ; in command 
dept, and Army of Tennessee, Oct. l6th; battles at luka and Corinth (Sept. 19 and 
Oct. 3-4), fought by Rosecrans under Grant’s orders; first movement against Vicks- 
burg defeated by surrender of Holly Springs; second movement begun Jan., 1863, 
and after reaching position south of Vicksburg divided Confederate forces, driving 
Johnston east and Pemberton west, fighting five battles in seventeen days and assault- 
ing Vicksburg May I9~20th; captured^ Vicksburg, with 31,000 prisoners, July 4th; 
major-general U. S. A. ; in command mil. div. of the Mississippi, Oct. l6th; battles 
of Lookout Mountain, Oct. 27th, and Chattanooga, Nov. 23~25th, fought under his 
direction; lieutenant-general and in command U. S. forces Mar. 17, 1864; directed 
in person armies operating against Richmond, 1864-5, receiving surrender of Lee, 
Apr. 9th; general U. S. A., July 25, 1866; Secretary of War ad interim^ Aug. 12, 
1867 — Jan. 14, 1868; elected President, Nov. 1868, and reelected, 1872; Treaty of 
■ Washington, P'eb., 1871 ; veto of currency bill, 1874; traveled round the world 
1879-80; engaged in railroad enterprises. 

Y^ILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN.— < 9 r/. ^7, 1863— Mar. ^2, 1864. Born 
^ ^ at Lancaster, O., Feb. 8, 1820; graduated at West Point, 1840; served in 
south and west; resigned. 1853; managed bank in San Francisco; practiced law in 
Kansas, 1858-59; supt. military academy in La., i860; resigned upon secession of 
state; col. 13th U. S. infantry, May 14, 1861; commanded brigade at Bull Run; 
brigadier-general U. S. V.; to dept, of the Cumberland in Aug., and in command 
Oct. 8th; to dept, of West Tennessee, Nov. ; organized division and commanded it at 
Shiloh, Apr., 1862, receiving from Grant and Plalleck credit of the victory; major- 
general U. S. V.; in command dist. of Memphis July till Dec.; commanded column 
of first expedition against Vicksburg, and made unsuccessful assault Dec. 29th; com- 
manded 15th corps at capture of Arkansas Post, Jan. ii, 1863, and in operations against 
Vicksburg, watching Johnston during the siege, and pursuing him after the surrender; 
brigadier-general U. S. A., July 4th; in command dept, and Army of the Tennessee, 
Oct. 27th; directed left wing of Grant’s forces at Chattanooga, JNov. ; raised siege of 
Knoxville, Dec. ; destroyed railroads and stores at Meridian, Miss., Feb. 2-26, 1864; 
in command mil. div. of the Mississippi, Mar.; conducted campaign against Atlanta 
with Armies of the Tennessee, Cumberland, and Ohio, May-Sept., fighting many 
battles and entering the city Sept. 2nd; major-general U. S. A., Aug. 12th; began 
march to the sea, Nov, 12th; captured Savannah, Dec. 20th ; marched northward, Feb. 

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1st; fought at Averasboro, Mar. 1 6th, and Bentonville, Mar. l9-2ist; received sur- 
render of Johnston, Apr. 26th; lieutenant-general U. S. A., July 25, 1866; general. 
Mar. 4, 1869; retired Feb., 1884; author of “Memoirs of General William T. 
Sherman.” 

TAMES BIRDSEYE McPHERSON. — Mai', 12^ 1864 — July 22, 1864. Born in 
I Sandusky Co., O., Nov. 14, 1828; graduated at West Point, first in his class, 
1^53 j instructor at West Point one year; on engineering duty at New-York, Fort 
Delaware, and San Francisco; organized engineer troops at Boston, 1861; on staff 
duty in the west, Aug., and, after Belmont, with General Grant in every battle till fall 
of Vicksburg; brigadier-general U. S. V., May, 1862; major-general U. S. V., Oct. ; 
commanded 1 7th corps in Vicksburg campaign ; commended by- Grant for special 
service and ability in nearly every battle, and declared to be “ one of the ablest of 
engineers and most skillful generals; ” brigadier-general U. S. A., Aug., 1863; com- 
manded Army of the Tennessee in advance on Atlanta, 1864; killed at the battle of 
Atlanta, July 22, 1864. 

O LIVIER OTIS HOWARD. — July jo, 1864 — May ig, i86y. Born at Leeds, 
Me., Nov. 8, 1830; graduated at Bowdoin College, 1850, and at West Point, 
1S54; on garrison duty in ordnance dept.; instructor at West Point, 1857-61; col. 
3rd Me. vols., July 4, 1861 ; commanded brigade at Bull Run; brigadier-general 
U. S. V. Sept. ; served with 2nd corps in peninsular campaign, losing right arm at 
Fair Oaks, June ist; rejoined army in August and engaged at Antietam ; major- 
general U. S. V., Nov.; commanded division at Fredericksburg, and nth corps at 
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg; under Hooker wdth nth and I2ih corps at Lookout 
Mountain ; commanded 4th corps. Army of the Cumberland, in Atlanta campaign, till 
July 27th; in command Army of the Tennessee; led right wing on “march to the 
sea,” and till Johnston’s surrender ; brigadier-general U. S. A., Dec., 1864, and brevet 
major-general, 1865; Commissioner Freedmen’s Bureau 1865-72; President Howard 
University, 1869-74; in command dept, of Columbia, July 2, 1874, dept, of West 
Point, Dec. 18, 1880, dept, of the Platte, July 14, 1882; conducted campaign against 
Nez Perces Chief, Joseph, 1877; author of “ Donald’s School Days,” “ Chief Joseph,” 
etc. ; leave of absence for travel in Europe, 1884. 

J OHN A. LOGAN. — May ig^ i86y — end of the war. Born in Jackson Co., 111 ., 
February 9, 1826 ; common school education ; served in Mexican war in ranks and 
as 1st lieutenant and q. m. ; graduated at Louisville University, 1852; practiced law; 
member of 111 . Legislature 1852, ’53, ’56, 57, and of Congress 1858, ’60; col. 31st 
111 . vols., Sept. 1861; engaged at Belmont, Fort Donaldson (wounded), and Shiloh; 
brigadier-general U. S. V., IMarch, 1862; major-general, Nov. ; commanded division 
ol 17th corps in Vicksburg campaign ; in command 15th corps from Oct., 1863; suc- 
ceeded to command of Army of the Tennessee temporarily, upon death of Gen. Mc- 
Pherson, Julv 22, 1S64, and “nobly sustained his reputation” [Sherman]; commanded 
15th corps till fall of Atlanta ; joined army at Savannah and served through Carolina 
campaign ; in command Army of the Tennessee, May 19, 1865 ; resigned the service, 
Aug. ; elected to U. S. H. R. from 111 ., 1866 and 1868, and to Senate 1871 and 1877. 

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